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The spell 714 of the Coffin Texts survives only in the inner coffin B3L of a person called sn, found in el-Barsha and now located in the British Museum EA30842. The Hieroglyphic text is copied from de Buck (1956) and transposed from columns into rows.
The translations here are marked A for Allen (1988 and 2003, same text, 343j-344d only) and F for Faulkner (1977).
Coffin Texts: Spell 714
VI 343j – The background of creation
A I am the Waters, unique, without second.
F I am
Nu, the Sole one who has no equal,
VI 343k-344d – The evolution of creation
A That is where I evolved, on the great occasion of my floating that happened to me.
F and I came into being yonder on the great occasion of my flood, when I came into being.
A I am the one who once evolved – Circlet who is in his egg.
F I am he who flew up, whose shape is (that of) ḏbnn who is in his egg;
A I am the one who began therein, (in) the Waters.
F I am he who originated in the Abyss,
A See, the Flood is subtracted from me (
Gen 1:6-7): see, I am the remainder.
F and see, the Chaos-god came out to me; see, I am hale.
A I made my body evolve through my own effectiveness.
F I brought my body into being through my power;
A I am the one who made me. I built myself as I wished, according to my heart.
F I am one who made myself, and I formed myself at my will according to my desire.
VI 344e-344g – The ending (incomplete)
F What went forth from me was under my supervision;
F it means that tears are what I created in him who was angry with me,
F and men of the blind ones are my cattle...
References
- de Buck, Adriaan (1956) The Egyptian Coffin Texts VI, Spells 472-787
- Faulkner, Raymond O. (1977) The Ancient Egyptian Coffin Texts II, Spells 355-787
- Allen, James P. (1988) Genesis in Egypt
- Allen, James P. (2003) Context of Scripture